Mound Quotes

57 quotes by 50 authors

Heap not on this mound roses that she loved so well; why bewilder her with roses that she cannot see or smell. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations.Imagine the brain, that… — Diane Ackerman
As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case… — Confucius
The tree which needs two arms to span its girth sprang from the tiniest shoot. Yon tower, nine stories high, rose from a little mound… — Laozi
No compact among men . . . can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words,… — George Washington
Initially, it (winning the 1967 American League Pennant) was what you would dream about in Little League. The winning pitcher, being on the mound to… — Jim Lonborg
To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly… — Steve Carlton
He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in Reality be digging a pit. — Ernest Bramah
It's not fear of striking out that makes me reluctant to step up to the plate. It's the fear of getting hit in the head… — Jim Copeland
Consistency is something you can always improve on. You can be more consistent with your mental approach, the things you do physically on the mound.… — Greg Maddux
If we lose today, it will be over my dead body. They'll have to leave me face down on the mound. — Luis Tiant
You can't go out to the mound, hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane. — Casey Stengel
Johnny Sain don't say much, but that don't matter much, because when you're out there on the mound, you got nobody to talk to. — Casey Stengel
I don't believe for one second that the eye surgery has helped me on the mound — Greg Maddux
Primarily, every rule change over the past ten years has been against the pitchers - lowering the mound and the designated hitter. — Gaylord Perry
I think I rushed and I needed more time with my comeback. I needed more time to get my legs stronger to be able to… — David Cone
I love being out there on the mound with the ball in my hand. I can control the game. I'm out there. No clock -… — David Cone
The doctor said I should do a lot of walking, so I walk to the mound nine or ten times a game. — Cal Ripken, Sr.
The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to indulge the cessation of time itself--the pitcher dawdling on the mound, the skier poised at… — George Plimpton
If we cannot serve a person who we can see, how can we serve a God whom we cannot see? Some just have to have… — Phil Pringle

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